Susan Nystoriak

Golden Wheat Literary Agency

My Manuscript Wish List®

Hello, authors!

As a literary agent with Golden Wheat Literary Agency, I am on the lookout for a variety of tropes and genres. Send me fiction that take me away for a while, bring a bit of humor to my world, and characters I’ll want to live with for a while.

What am I craving for my inbox right now?

If it’ll make me laugh, bring it on!
If you’ve got a sweet and quirky romance, I’d love to read it!
Workplace humor? Yes!
Friends off on a crazy adventure? Bring me along!
Happy endings? I like them a whole lot.
My word count sweet spot is 65K-90K

I AM in the market for:

Adult Readership
Romance (Heat Level–Sweet to Steamy–but Not Erotica)
RomComs
Women’s Fiction
Contemporary Adult Fiction

Favorite Tropes:

Friends to lovers (to friends?)
Enemies to lovers (to friends?)
Workplace humor
Workplace romance
Riches to Rags (to Riches!)
Heroes with Titles/Heroes with Hidden Titles

I am NOT currently seeking:

Picture Books, MG, YA, NA
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Time Travel/Time Slip
Thrillers/Psychological Thrillers
Books featuring heavy trauma (my tastes are lighter in tone)
Sports Stories
Books where animals or children die
I am not seeking books with word counts above 100K

Please note:

I am not the best agent for SciFi or Fantasy.
As much as I would love to, I am not seeking non-fiction, poetry, short stories or screenplays at this time.
Manuscripts at or above 100K words are not a good fit for my list at this time.

Fun facts about me:

I have been a flutist since I was 10…

Binge watching The Office, Frasier, and Schitt’s Creek is commonplace at my house!

My dog, Sahara, is a Brittany Spaniel, and she is a real goofball.

I try to visit Broadway as much as possible!

Harry Potter-Ravenclaw!

I love to be NEAR the ocean, but not be IN the ocean…

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to susan@goldenwheatliterary.com

Please send me a query letter, the first ten pages, and a synopsis (including the ending) pasted into the body of the email to susan@goldenwheatliterary.com

Please Note: Due to the volume of queries I receive, I close to queries periodically in order to catch up on submissions. My open/closed status on queries is always noted in my Twitter profile.